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The first steps towards the outlawing of "killer robots" have been taken today by international community. Governments attending a weapons meeting in Geneva have agreed to begin international discussions in May 2014 on utonomous robot weapons. The Phalanx Close-In Weapon System (ALAMY) "The decision to begin international discussions next year is a major leap forward for efforts to ban killer robots pre-emptively. "Governments have recognized that fully autonomous weapons raise serious legal and ethical concerns, and that urgent action is needed," said Steve Goose, arms director at Human Rights Watch, a co-founder of the Campaign to Stop Killer Robots. Governments that are part of the Convention on Conventional Weapons (CCW) agreed to convene in Geneva on May 13-16 to discuss the issues related to "lethal autonomous weapons systems," also known as fully autonomous weapons or killer robots. These weapons have not yet been develop...

Mustapha Umar, a self confessed Boko Haram member arrested and tried before a Federal High Court siting in Abuja in connection with the 26th April, 2012 bombing of SOJ Plaza in Kaduna state occupied by ThisDay, The Moment and The Sun Newspapers, was on November 15, 2013, Friday, found guilty of the one count charge of terrorism and sentenced for life. The convicted terrorist was alleged to have driven a white Honda Academy car with registration number AL 306 MKA with improvised explosives devices into the premises of SOJ plaza with the intention to detonate improvised explosive devices within the premises. The incident claimed the lives of three persons and caused several degrees of injuries on others. The convict had pleaded not guilty during his trial but the court placed heavy reliance on his recorded interview which he granted to investigators during interrogations where he claimed to be a member of the notorious Boko Haram sect, as well as the testimonies of...

Former Federal Capital Territory Minister Mallam el-Rufai has reportedly been detained by the State Security Service (SSS) in his hotel room in Anambra state. The member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was reportedly barred from free movement. El-Rufai, via his Twitter handle , as well as his Facebook profile page, said: "The DG-SSS did not pick my call, yet to call back. I have complained to another senior officer. It is unlawful detention and will be resisted! "I intend to discharge my duties today no matter what, and will go out when ready. I will dare the SSS to shoot... we wait and see. Further updates revealed that his phone was also seized: "In the midst of a phone interview with AIT's Obiora Ilo, the SSS forcefully and unlawfully seized the phone thus abruptly end the interview." In a statement by Interim National Publicity Secretary Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the All Progressives Congress (APC) lamented the “continued hara...

The Head Coach of the Super Eagles, Stephen Keshi, said the players needed total concentration and presence of mind in Saturday’s World Cup qualifier match against the Walya Antelopes of Ethiopia. The match, scheduled at the UJ Esuene Stadium, Calabar, is the second leg, final round qualifier for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. Stephen Keshi, in a statement issued by the Eagles Media Officer, Ben Alaiya, on November 15, 2013, Friday, said the players needed to concentrate at all times to enhance their chances of winning the encounter. The statement urged the players to play the Ethiopians as if they had never met before on the field of play. “In fact, they should play as if they don’t know them. All they need is to win and they must win well’’, Keshi was quoted as saying. It said Keshi, a.k.a. Big Boss, expressed optimism that the Eagles would win Saturday’s game in spite of the fact that the Ethiopians had not lost any game away from home turf. “We ...

Nollywood actress, Cossy Orjiakor who has gained a sensational sex identity in a recent interview opens up about issues affecting her life. She reveals that the story about her insuring her boobs are fake and that she'll be getting married next. See excerpts from the interview: We learnt that you have insured your boobs for N256 million. Is it true? It’s  not true. Sometimes, some of these bloggers just cook up stuffs that are not true. But it sounds so interesting, that’s why I didn’t want to confirm whether it’s true or not. Let the story just be. Don’t you think, you are being misunderstood by your critics? That’s  not my business what people think about me. But it’s my business what I think about myself. I feel good, I’m happy, I am myself and I’m not a fake person. Yet I have a lot of fans who love me. People tend to pretend a lot. When you are simple and down-to- earth, they will not want to identify with you. I don’t fake myself. Life is all about...

There are strong indications that the Federal Road Safety Corps is shielding the alleged driver of the convoy vehicle that caused the accident which killed a former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Festus Iyayi at Banda village, near Lokoja, Kogi State on Tuesday. The Kogi State FRSC sector commander, Olakunle Motajo, speaking with journalist in Abuja on the telephone said that the report of the investigation into the accident was not ready. Motajo “The report is not ready yet, we are still working on it; don’t worry, I will call you whenever it is ready,” he said and terminated the phone call. Calls made to his phone to ask him further questions were not responded to. The corps had blamed ‘wrongful overtaking’ by the convoy vehicle for the accident, saying its preliminary investigation showed that the driver of the pick-van was to blame for the crash.  Motajo, who said this in a previous interview, however, recanted when he ...

And so Nigeria killed Festus Iyayi. . . . He was one of our very best: creative, energetic, dependable, and forthright. We were there in 1980 (with the then young and irrepressible Tunde Fatunde) when what we call ASUU (Academic Staff Union of Universities) today was in its infancy. Iyayi served the Union tirelessly and loyally, becoming its President in 1986, by popular acclamation. I worked with Iyayi, and saw him at close quarters. Fearless but fair, courageous but compassionate, demanding but decent, Iyayi was a great leader and an even greater follower, the kind who pressed on when others were seized by trepidation and despair. There is a painful logic in the fact he met his death while on a vital errand for our beloved ASUU. Iyayi was a Balogun of the Barricades in our struggle against military dictatorship and our battle for Human Rights. He gave so generously, so valuably of himself and his inexhaustible physical and mental resources. Like the great Nelson Ma...

Nigerian top footballer, Mikel Obi has been reportedly duped of N100m by a close friend. According to report, Mikel was shown a property for sale by this close friend. The footballer then went on to inspect the property and was satisfied with it. He was said to have given this friend a cheque of N100m to purchase the property. The friend after clearing the money has reportedly disappeared into thin air and till date Mikel is yet to hear from him. According to a source who confirmed the story, Mikel still finds it difficult to believe as they were very close, adding that the friend is no longer seen in town and his phone numbers have been unreachable. The source also said Mikel is still very much busy to come to Nigeria to report the case to the police.

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Friday listed five Super Eagles players among the list of the 2013 African Player of the Year. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja and made available  by CAF on Friday. The statement from CAF listed the players to include, the Super Eagles’ captain and goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama, Ahmed Musa and Emmanuel Emenike; who are forward players. Others are the mid-field sensational, John Mikel Obi and Warri Wolfes’ Sunday Mba. It said that 25 players made the cut for the flagship African Player of the Year category, and 21 made the African Player of the Year, based in Africa. The reigning African Player of the Year, Ivorian Yaya Toure, two of his compatriots, Didier Drogba and Yao Kouassi Gervais ‘Gervinho’ made the exalted list of African footballers. Two players each from Ghana, Egypt, Cape Verde and Algeria also made the African Player of the Year category. There was one nominee each from Senegal, ...

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